CarGo day to day with ankle inflammation

DENVER — Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez sported a reddish swelling on the outside of his left ankle. Crutches rested near his locker. And he felt lucky.

Gonzalez left Monday night’s 4-3 loss to the Rangers before his first turn at bat, which was leading off the bottom of the second because of inflammation in the same ankle that he sprained last week, but he appears to have escaped a significant injury.

“I know it should take a couple days, but I don’t think it should be a DL,” Gonzalez said after Tuesday’s 7-5 loss. “I felt good today, so that’s a good sign. I was wondering how I was going to wake up today because [my ankle] was bigger than it was the day that I sprained it. That’s why I was a little concerned last night, but today I feel fine and I’m walking fine.”

Gonzalez, who will travel to Texas but won’t play Wednesday or Thursday, had played in two of the four games since the injury and felt good enough to attempt extending his hit streak to 17 games. But starting with warmups and continuing into the game — especially when he sprinted to back up first base on a throw that catcher Nick Hundley made after a strikeout in the top of the second — he could feel the pain and swelling and knew he had to …

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